| Heating large areas such as warehouses and air | | | | large warehouse or open plan building, you're just |
| craft hangers is a lot different to warming your | | | | targeting a specific area which can have a positive |
| house or office, the area is much larger and so | | | | impact on your business, not just from the |
| needs to be examined from a different angle, | | | | savings you'll see in your heating bills but also in |
| taking into consideration not just the practicalities, | | | | reducing your carbon foot print. In compliance with |
| but the costs and environmental factors too. | | | | the Kyoto Protocol, the UK government is trying |
| One viable solution to consider is commercial tube | | | | to ensure all UK businesses produce as little |
| heaters which allow you to pipe heat into your | | | | greenhouse gases as possible, which is why the |
| business in a targeted and cost effective way. | | | | climate change levy was introduced. The less |
| Radiant Tube Heaters are ideal for heating large | | | | harmful pollutants your business admits, the less |
| warehouses as they provide targeted heat where | | | | tax you have to pay on them, in fact, if your |
| it's needed which is particularly beneficial if you | | | | business is serious about trying reduce it's carbon |
| have a large building and you have staff working | | | | footprint, you may even be eligible for an |
| in just one corner, you can ensure they're kept | | | | Enhanced Capital Allowance or a Carbon Trust |
| warm without the added cost of heating the | | | | Loan to help cover the cost of the installation and |
| entire warehouse. | | | | maintenance of your radiant tube heaters. |
| Radiant Tube heaters work by being fixed to the | | | | The downside of radiant heaters is that they do |
| ceiling and targeting infrared radiant heats towards | | | | only heat the area they've been targeted on, if |
| to floor by a reflector. If you were to imagine | | | | you're after a heating system to heat a wider |
| standing in front of a roaring log fire, or in direct | | | | area you may have to consider another method |
| sun light, you only feel the maximum benefit of | | | | such as propane heating, or a warm air blow |
| the heat when you're directly in its path, as soon | | | | heater. |
| as you move away from the fire or out the | | | | Tube heaters are relatively easy to install and |
| sunlight you feel noticeably cooler. Radiant tube | | | | maintain. Their compact size means they can be |
| heating work along the same principle, the heats | | | | easily fitted in small, compact places and once |
| rays only travel in straight lines (like light) and are | | | | installed they run easily and shouldn't require much |
| absorbed by cooler solid surfaces which they're | | | | maintenance. You should be prepared to pay a |
| aimed at rather than being aimlessly pumped into | | | | little more for the products and their installation |
| the air. | | | | compared to other heating methods, however |
| Radiant Tube heating can be incredibly cost | | | | the savings you will soon see will more than |
| effective because you're not wastefully heating a | | | | compensate for this. |